American Museum of Natural History

News about American Museum of Natural History, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jan. 6, 2015

Celebrities mingle at party in Museum of Natural History celebrating Season 4 premiere of television series Girls. MORE

Dec. 13, 2014

Small fire breaks out near American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, filling exhibition hall with smoke; everyone is evacuated safely. MORE

Dec. 11, 2014

American Museum of Natural History is planning a $325 million, six-story addition along Columbus Avenue to accommodate its expanding role as center for scientific research and education; addition, called Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation, is to be completed by 2019, museum's 150th anniversary. MORE

Nov. 14, 2014

Edward Rothstein reviews exhibit Nature's Fury: The Science of Natural Disasters at the American Museum of Natural History. MORE

Oct. 26, 2014

American Museum of Natural History announces plans to open display Countdown to Zero, devoted to efforts to eradicate Guinea worm; former Pres Jimmy Carter, whose foundation the Carter Center, has been devoted to the battle against the parasitic disease, is expected to attend the opening. MORE

Oct. 26, 2014

Lonesome George, giant Galapagos tortoise whose 2012 death signified the end of his subspecies, has been preserved by Wildlife Preservations and is on display at American Museum of Natural History; details of preservation process discussed. MORE

Aug. 7, 2014

Celebrities gather at American Museum of Natural History's Hall of Biodiversity to celebrate premiere of James Cameron documentary Deepsea Challenge 3D, about his journey to one of deepest parts of ocean in submersible vehicle. MORE

Aug. 3, 2014

American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan holds its first adults-only sleepover, and 150 people pay for the chance to fulfill their childhood fantasies; guests sleep on cots under blue whale in hall of ocean life. MORE

May. 27, 2014

Interview with Dr Darrel R Frost, chief herpetology curator at the American Museum of Natural History, who discusses his work with amphibians around the globe; Frost oversees museum's catalog of class Amphibia, compriising 7,200 species. MORE

May. 9, 2014

Annual Identification Day at the American Museum of Natural History invites public to bring in an article of unknown origin, such as fossils, rocks, bones or butterflies, and have it explained by experts. MORE

May. 8, 2014

Celebrities and authors rub elbows at annual PEN American Center Literary Gala, black-tie affair held at American Museum of Natural History. MORE

Apr. 28, 2014

American Museum of Natural History in New York will make trove of photographs, illustrations, notes, letters and memorabilia, all previously accessible only at museum’s Manhattan location, available online; museum, whose project began with a grant in 2006 from the Metropolitan New York Library Council, hopes to eventually digitize about one million images. MORE

Apr. 25, 2014

Visitors to the American Museum of Natural History have long wondered how the the 94-foot-long blue whale is suspended from the ceiling while retaining the impression that it is freely floating; whale is in fact held primarily in place by a cylindrical steel pipe affixed to the model's iron frame. MORE

Apr. 11, 2014

Edward Rothstein reviews exhibit Pterosaurs: Flight in the Age of the Dinosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History. MORE

Apr. 1, 2014

Artists on American Museum of Natural History's exhibitions team work with curators, paleontologists and scientific consultants to create reproductions of extinct animals that are as accurate and lifelike as possible; such models exist at nexus of scientific fact and artistic interpretation. MORE

Mar. 20, 2014

Game of Thrones premiere at Lincoln Center features dragon the size of a city bus perched in front of fountain; after-part is held at American Museum of Natural History, where blue whale is engulfed in video-projected flames. MORE

Mar. 20, 2014

Museums like American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan and Field Museum in Chicago are increasingly using video-game technology to create interactive exhibitions that engage visitors in new learning experiences. MORE

Nov. 15, 2013

Edward Rothstein reviews The Power of Poison exhibit at American Museum of Natural History, which explores poison from many points of view, from world of literature and history to world of science and medicine. MORE

Nov. 1, 2013

Oct. 27, 2013

Museum of Natural History exhibit The Power of Poison looks at poison’s role in nature, myth, medicine and human history. MORE

Aug. 20, 2013

Apache tribes refuse to take back 77 objects American Museum of Natural History has agreed to return from its collection until museum designates objects as 'sacred'; museum is prepared to refer to objects as cultural items, but tribe officials say legal classification is important, as items are imbued with their religion's holy beings. MORE

Jul. 2, 2013

Taxidermists are preparing Lonesome George, giant Galapagos tortoise whose death in 2012 signified extinction of the Pinta Island subspecies, for display at the American Museum of Natural History; turtle will be shipped to Galapagos Islands for permanent display after exhibit at AMNH ends. MORE

Apr. 14, 2013

Christopher Gray Streetscapes column documents history of New York City's three great halls, at Grand Central Terminal, American Museum of Natural History and Metropolitan Museum of Art; notes halls were designed to showcase large murals. MORE

Apr. 5, 2013

Edward Rothstein reviews American Museum of Natural HIstory exhibit Whales: Giants of the Deep, displaying skeletons of sperm whales found in 2003. MORE

Mar. 28, 2013

Stephen Christopher Quinn has spent nearly 40 years creating and repairing dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History, but on Friday he will officially retire. MORE

Mar. 21, 2013

American Museum of Natural History exhibit Whales: Giants of the Deep shares remarkable evolution of the whale from ancient times when they walked on land to today's majestic sea creatures. MORE

Nov. 24, 2012

Edward Rothstein reviews exhibition Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture at the American Museum of Natural History. MORE

Nov. 21, 2012

American Museum of Natural History and Smithsonian Institution will have major exhibitions devoted to food and food industry. MORE

Oct. 28, 2012

Scientists are increasingly making use of the American Museum of Modern Art’s collection of over 32 million biological specimens and cultural artifacts, only a tiny fraction of which is open to the public, for research. MORE

Oct. 28, 2012

FYI column answers question about whether American Museum of Natural History displays any big game that Theodore Roosevelt actually shot. MORE

Oct. 26, 2012

Edward Rothstein reviews reopening of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial, along with a new exhibition devoted to his achievements and a remounting of celebratory murals honoring him, at the American Museum of Natural History. MORE

Oct. 21, 2012

FYI column answers question about whether the American Museum of Natural History, which is mounting an exhibition about Theodore Roosevelt, displays animals that Roosevelt personally shot. MORE

Oct. 9, 2012

Hiroshi Sugimoto, the photographer and avid collector, shoots several dioramas in one challenging day at the American Museum of Natural History; has returned to museum for first time in over two decades to continue working on a series exploring images of nature. MORE

Sep. 2, 2012

Sam Roberts introduces list of 50 objects that could embody the history of New York City, as identified by historians and curators from the New-York Historical Society, the New York Public Library and the American Museum of Natural History, among others; project was inspired by A History of the World in 100 Objects, the British Museum’s BBC radio series and book. MORE

Aug. 21, 2012

Profile of Richard Ellis, painter and naturalist who has designed exhibits for the American Museum of Natural History, including its iconic life-size blue whale; Ellis, who has spent a lifetime championing, and often demythologizing, marine life, is currently curating an exhibition of shark images and sculptures at the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. MORE

Jul. 28, 2012

Edward Rothstein reviews exhibit Spiders Alive! at the American Museum of Natural History. MORE

Jul. 22, 2012

Corey Kilgannon Character Study column on Helen Hays, chairwoman of Great Gull Island Project for the American Museum of Natural History; Hays has lived on the island, which is off the tip of Long Island's north fork, for six months of the year since 1969, when she began studying local tern populations there. MORE

Mar. 30, 2012

Edward Rothstein reviews exhibit Creatures of Light: Nature's Bioluminescence at the American Museum of Natural History. MORE

Mar. 15, 2012

Staff members at the American Museum of Natural History, preparing for the upcoming exhibition Spiders Alive!, are training some tarantulas to be picked up and shown to visitors. MORE

Jan. 16, 2012

American Museum of Natural History in New York City will introduce its first Master of Arts in teaching program, in which students with a background in science can spend 15 months learning to become earth science teachers; program, which offers free tuition, stipends and health benefits to participants, aims to produce 50 new science teachers over two years; graduates must commit to spending four years teaching in a high-needs public school and must be willing to relocate within New York State. MORE

Nov. 20, 2011

App City column; two New York Museums, the American Museum of Natural History and the Guggenheim, introduce new mobile applications for visitors' smartphone in an effort to enhance their experiences. MORE

Nov. 15, 2011

American Museum of Natural History will open exhibition Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration; exhibition will invite visitors to imagine the next 100 years of space travel, including colonization of other planets and moons. MORE

Oct. 23, 2011

American Museum of Natural History in New York City has undertaken $2.5 million project to restore dioramas in its Hall of North American Mammals; hall is expected to be fully reopened in fall of 2012. MORE

Apr. 15, 2011

Edward Rothstein reviews exhibition The World's Largest Dinosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History. MORE

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